Rubber boot or shoe.



No. 699,562. Patented May 6; I902. J. L. PERRY.

RUBBER BOOT 0R SHOE.

(Application filed Mar. 26, 1901.)

(No Model.)

IN VENTOR WITNESSES Jase vi L fi rry @M; omW/M By UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JOSEPH L. PERRY, OF AUBURN, RHODE ISLAND.

RUBBERBOOT OR SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 699,562, dated May 6, 1902. Application filed March 26, 1901. serial. No. 52,920. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OSEPH LOUNSBERRY PERRY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Auburn, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rubber Boots or Shoes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide certain new and useful improvements in boots and shoes, whereby the heel portion is strengthened or reinforced to such an extent as to prevent the bending down and doubling up and the consequent breaking of the heel back, as is so frequently experienced with rubber boots and shoes now made.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the views.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a shoe embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the heel andthe flange.

The improvement consists,; essentially, in a separately-manufactured heel A,'provided with an integral flange B and made of a good quality of rubber comparatively stiff and hard. The flange B is somewhat set in on the top of the heel from the rim to form a shoulder C, and the front A of the heel is preferably beveled downwardly and rearwardly, as is plainly shown in the drawings.

In the manufacture of rubber boots and shoes the canvas lining D of the rubbers is extended over the inside of the flange B and the top of the heel, while the outer rubber E is extended over the outside of the flange B to the shoulder O and is flush with the rim of the heel, as indicated in Fig. 1. The rubber sole F has its inner end beveled to correspond to the bevel on the front end A of the heel, and when the several parts are in the position described and are vulcanized together then the heel and the flange integral therewith are firmly secured in position, the stiff flange B extending between the outer rubber E and the lining D of the upper.

By having the ends of the heel A and the sole F as described and united with each other by the vulcanizing process it is evident that a very firm jointris made between the heel and the sole, and by extending the flange B between the outer rubber and the lining a very firm connection is established between the upper and the sole, and at the same time that portion which usually is doubled up,bent, and broken is greatly strengthened and reinforced and is not liable to break when the shoe is worn;

The object of beveling the forward portion of the heel'and of the part of the sole to be joined thereto is to increase the respective contacting surfaces,- so that the respective parts will not be liable to be torn asunder.- Each member'of the joint thus formed takes a larger grip on the other,- so that the chance for subsequent cleavage is reduced toa minimum and the chance for leakage is likewise greatly diminished.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent 1. As an article of manufacture, a shoe-heel provided with a rigid collar-like flange integral therewith, said flange being widest at its middle and narrowest toward its ends, said flange having a bevel edge and being located slightly inward from the edge of said heel for the purpose of admitting the lower edge of the outer rubber of a shoe, the said collar like flange thus being disposed parallel to said outer rubber so as to be completely liid den thereby. 2. Asan article of manufacture,ashoe-heel provided upon its upper face with a rigid collar-like circumferential flange integral therewith and provided with a bevel edge and also with a circumferential shoulder, both said bevel edge and said shoulder extending the entire length of said flange and parallel there'- with, said shoulder being for the purpose of abutting the edge of the outer rubber of a shoe, for the purpose of forming an external seam on the same plane with the upper face of the heel, said flange being widest at its middle portion and gradually contracting in width toward its respective ends.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the-presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH L. PERRY.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH A. LATHAM, HARRY R. Wns'roorr. 

